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Robert James Lee Hawke was Prime Minister of Australia from March 1983 to December 1991, prior to which he was a senior Trade Union leader. Bob Hawke was born in Bordertown, South Australia on 9 December 1929. After completing degrees in both Law and Arts at the University of Western Australia, Hawke won a Rhodes Scholarship and went to Oxford University to continue his studies. In 1958 he took a job as a research officer with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and went on to become ACTU President from 1970 to 1980. His father was a minister of religion, but Bob is an acknowledged atheist.

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